Albert A. Michelson

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American scientist Nobel laureate experimental physicist human physicist

Albert A. Michelson was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his precise measurements of the speed of light and foundational contributions to experimental physics.

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instanceOf	American scientist ⓘ Nobel laureate ⓘ experimental physicist ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ
awardReceived	Copley Medal ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Rumford Prize ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1852-12-19 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1931-05-09 ⓘ
educatedAt	Collège de France ⓘ United States Naval Academy ⓘ Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ surface form: University of Berlin École Polytechnique ⓘ
employer	Case School of Applied Science ⓘ Clark University ⓘ United States Naval Academy ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ
familyName	Albert A. Michelson self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Michelson
fieldOfWork	experimental physics ⓘ metrology ⓘ optics ⓘ
fullName	Albert A. Michelson self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Albert Abraham Michelson
givenName	Albert ⓘ
hasInstrument	Michelson interferometer ⓘ
influenced	development of special relativity ⓘ
knownFor	Michelson interferometer ⓘ Michelson–Morley experiment ⓘ foundational contributions to experimental physics ⓘ precise measurements of the speed of light ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
nativeLanguage	German ⓘ
notableAchievement	first American Nobel laureate in Physics ⓘ first American to receive a Nobel Prize in the sciences ⓘ
notableWork	Michelson interferometer ⓘ Michelson–Morley experiment ⓘ
occupation	physicist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Province of Posen ⓘ Strzelno ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Pasadena ⓘ surface form: Pasadena, California
positionHeld	head of physics department at the University of Chicago ⓘ professor of physics ⓘ
researchFocus	interference of light ⓘ measurement of the speed of light ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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